Posted on 01/12/2023 12:06:10 PM PST by Red Badger
X1.9 Solar Flare January 9 2023
An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left edge of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This image was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171, 131, and 304 angstrom wavelengths. Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO
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The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 1:50 p.m. EST on January 9, 2023. Imagery of the event was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which constantly watches the Sun.
Solar flares are intense explosions of energy that can disrupt radio communications, damage power grids, and affect navigation signals. They also pose a threat to spacecraft and astronauts.
An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left edge of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This video was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171, 131 and 304 angstrom wavelengths. Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO
This flare is classified as an X1.9 flare. It is categorized as an X-class flare, which is the most powerful class of solar flares. The number following the “X” indicates the relative strength of the flare, with larger numbers indicating stronger flares. An X1.9 flare is therefore a relatively strong flare, but less intense than an X2.0 or higher. These flares can cause disruptions to radio communications and power grids on Earth, and can also be potentially dangerous for spacecraft and astronauts.
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X1.9 Solar Flare January 9 2023 193 Angstrom
An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This image was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory at 1:57 EST and shows light in the 193 angstrom wavelength. Credit: NASA/SDO
X1.9 Solar Flare January 9 2023 171 and 131 Angstrom
An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left edge of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This image was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171 and 131 angstrom wavelengths. Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO X1.9 Solar Flare January 9 2023 131 Angstrom An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This image was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory at 1:55 EST and shows light in the 131 angstrom wavelength. Credit: NASA/SDO For more details on how such space weather may affect Earth, please visit NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, the U.S. government’s official source for space weather forecasts, watches, warnings, and alerts. NASA works as a research arm of the nation’s space weather effort. NASA observes the Sun and our space environment constantly with a fleet of spacecraft that study everything from the Sun’s activity to the solar atmosphere, and to the particles and magnetic fields in the space surrounding Earth.
An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This image was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory at 1:49 EST and shows light in the 131 angstrom wavelength. Credit: NASA/SDO
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission that was launched in 2010 to study the sun and its effects on Earth. The spacecraft is equipped with a suite of instruments that allow it to observe the sun’s magnetic field, track the movement of material on the sun’s surface, and measure the sun’s output of various forms of radiation. The data collected by the SDO is used to improve our understanding of the sun’s inner workings, as well as its impact on Earth’s climate and environment. The SDO has helped to improve our ability to predict solar flares and other space weather events, which can have significant effects on satellite and ground-based technology.
Ben Davidson at Suspicious0bservers would disagree. A flare that big often triggers an earthquake 2 to 3 days later.
I come to no conclusions until AOC gives America her thoughts and feelings.
What are the odds that THIS solar flare just happens to hit Joey Biden’s Prized Corvette, starts a fire in his TS/SCI storage garage, and burns up all the evidence?
I’d say about EVEN MONEY!!
Is Kimmel going to do another song?
I trust you and I did not mean to dismiss it all. If you checked my posting history I often say that a solar flare or storm is a far more likely scenario than an EMP to take out our electrical grid.
We have had some pretty strong ones in the last few decades (and before I am sure) after I became aware of the risk and I was not aware of the US losing satellites and you taught me something - not sure how I missed this (link below).
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/science/spacex-satellites-storm.html
That was not cheap!!!! Hope our military satellites are more hardened than the Starlink ones were.
It is not the EMP hardening, it is the orbit. Low Earth Orbit is most susceptible to the physical effects of solar storms.
Makes sense and thanks for the education on it. I have been reading more about this.
All of us are smarter than one of us! :)
Paywall, so is the Times the only one covering such events?
Guess I’ll have to look.
…gonna leave a mark…
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